Titan brings big numbers into final visit

STOCKTON - D.J. Seeley couldn't be playing better heading into his final collegiate homecoming tonight with Cal State Fullerton and Pacific jockeying for position in the Big West Conference race.

Jagdip Dhillon

STOCKTON - D.J. Seeley couldn't be playing better heading into his final collegiate homecoming tonight with Cal State Fullerton and Pacific jockeying for position in the Big West Conference race.

Seeley will lead Cal State Fullerton (11-8, 4-3 Big West) into Spanos Center at 7 p.m. today to face Pacific (11-8, 5-2). The Tigers are in second place, trailing Long Beach State by one game, and the Titans are in a three-way tie for third place.

Seeley, a Tokay High and Modesto Christian product, enters the game having scored 32 points, along with six assists and four steals in a 94-88 victory at UC Davis on Thursday and leads Cal State Fullerton in scoring (18.9 per game) and assists (4.1), while shooting 48 percent from the field.

The 6-foot-4 senior stayed at Cal State Fullerton after a tumultuous offseason that saw the departure of long-time coach Bob Burton and senior guard Isiah Umipig. Interim coach Andy Newman said his team still is dealing with the lingering issues of those departures, but he's glad Seeley is around to lead the way.

"We go as he goes and he's playing at a really high level right now.," Newman said. "He's a prolific scorer and he's got a tremendous knack for it in a lot of different ways."

This will be Seeley's third trip to Stockton to face Pacific during his college career, as he was a seldom-used freshman at Cal when the Golden Bears visited Stockton Arena in December 2009. He scored 15 points in the Titans' 69-68 win over the Tigers last season.